Meridian confirms and extends the operation of flights between Palermo and New York

The airline Meridiana confirmed today at BIT in Milan increased flight offer between Palermo and New York. The Italian airline based in Olbia, In fact, decided this year to anticipate departures for the Big Apple from’Falcone Borsellino airport.
The flight from London to New York (JFK), for the first time will cover substantially all the summer season with the departure from 2 April until 22 Oct. The service will begin with one flight per week that will double starting June. The flight will take off from Palermo to 8.50 and to land in New York to
13 local time, While it will take off from JFK to 15 to get in the Sicilian capital to 6.05.
The aircraft used on the direct line between Palermo and New York
are the Boeing 767-300 by 272 posts (18 by Electa, business class to
Meridiana, and 254 economy class).
the price of a one way, already on sale on the site meridiana.com and
travel agencies, starts from 305 Euro per person all included.
In presenting the flight, the President of GESAP, Fabio Giambrone, He pointed to the success of the reservations for the 70 percent were made by passengers departing New York.
“We'll take a chance Americans know Sicily. it 2015 is shaping up as the year of breakthrough,” concluded Giambrone, “both in terms of passenger growth for both the number of scheduled routes, that exceeded the threshold of 60 records.”